by John Donne (1572 - 1631)

Language: English 
Stay, O sweet, and do not rise ;
The light, that shines comes from thine eyes ;
The day breaks not, it is my heart,
Because that you and I must part.
  Stay, or else my joys will die,
  And perish in their infancy.

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Composition:

    Set to music by Vivian Fine (1913 - 2000), "Daybreak", 1937-8, first performed 1941, stanza 1 [ soprano or mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Four Elizabethan Songs, no. 1

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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-26
Line count: 24
Word count: 185